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Paraponera

Body symmetry

Namigai et al 2014
bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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behavioral circadian rhythm

Lewis and Taylor 1965
diurnal
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470

Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.

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(adult)

cellularity

Cellularity and growth form
multicellular
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993

Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]

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developmental mode

Insect Development
holometabolous
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/holometabolous

Definition: Development of insects with complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage.

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extinction status

Paleobiology Database
extant
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/extant

Definition: This taxon is still in existence, as opposed to extinct.

Attribution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extant_taxon

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first appearance

Paleobiology Database
burdigalian age
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Burdigalian

Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale

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Paleobiology Database

20.44 million years ago

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last appearance

Paleobiology Database

13.82 million years ago

(min)
Paleobiology Database
langhian age
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Langhian

Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale

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number of fossil occurrences

Paleobiology Database

2

number of public records in bold

Barcode of Life Data Systems

9

number of records in gbif

GBIF data coverage

4018

number of records in iNat

iNaturalist data coverage

3322

number of specimens in ggbn

GGBN data coverage

2

skeleton contains

Paleobiology Database
chitin
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_17029

Definition: An aminoglycan consisting of beta-(1->4)-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues.

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wing morphology

Insect Wings
secondarily apterous
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/secondarilyApterous

Definition: The absence of wings in organisms that are descended from winged ancestors.

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(adult)
Insect Wings
macropterous
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/macropterous

Definition: The presence of fully functional wings.

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(adult)